(The 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China) Han Wenxiu: This year China's economy will achieve a higher recovery growth
China News Service, Beijing, June 28. The press conference of the press center to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing on the 28th.
Han Wenxiu, deputy director of the Office of the Central Committee of Finance and Economics in charge of daily work, attended the press conference and said that currently, China's epidemic prevention and control and economic and social recovery are in an internationally leading position. China is the only major economy that will achieve positive growth in 2020. This year, China The economy will also achieve higher recovery growth and further consolidate and expand the results of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development.
Han Wenxiu said that China's economic recovery in the first quarter of this year grew by 18.3%, mainly due to the low base in the same period last year.
From the perspective of major indicators such as industry, service industry, consumption, investment, and exports, the current national economy continues to recover, and endogenous motivation is gradually increasing. The unemployment rate in the survey of cities and towns nationwide in May is 5%, which is already lower than the level in 2019 before the outbreak. .
"At the same time, we have also seen that the recovery of different industries and enterprises is still uneven, the recovery of transportation, tourism and other industries is relatively lagging, and the difficulties for small and medium-sized enterprises are still relatively large." He added.
Han Wenxiu said that in the next step, Chinese officials must adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability. While continuing to prevent and control the epidemic, implement a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy to maintain the continuity and stability of macroeconomic policies. , Sustainability, improve the accuracy of policies, and increase support for SMEs.
In addition, efforts should be made to promote the continuous recovery of domestic demand, especially consumption, strengthen employment priority policies, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, improve the social security system, support the continuous expansion of domestic demand with the general increase in urban and rural residents’ income, and expand employment and increase in the promotion of high-quality development. Income, security and improvement of people’s livelihood form a virtuous circle of mutual promotion between economic development and employment, income and consumption.
At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen international macro-policy coordination and jointly create conditions for the recovery of the global economy and the stability and smooth flow of the industrial chain and supply chain.
Han Wenxiu said frankly that we believe that the balance, coordination, and sustainability of China's economic recovery and development will be significantly enhanced, so that the people will receive more benefits and will also make greater contributions to the recovery of the global economy.
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